Leslie Barkly Charge (27 July 1891 – 30 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Les Charge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Barkly Charge | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Richmond, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 30 March 1957 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Bondi, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Leopold | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1910–1915 | South Melbourne | 65 (50) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of Henry Barkly Charge (1866–1912),[1] and Alice Mary Ann Charge (1864–1920), née Kendall,[2] Leslie Barkly Charge was born at Richmond, Victoria on 27 July 1891.[3]
He married Nellie May Bethune (1889–1976), at Echuca, Victoria on 26 September 1917.[4] They had three daughters.
Football
edit
The Herald, 21 Sept. 1934.[5]
South Melbourne
editA powerful tap-ruckman, Charge was recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)[broken anchor] in 1910,[6][7] at the suggestion of the former South Melbourne champion, Harry Lampe.[8]
Charge took a while to establish a place in the senior team; however, he eventually became a regular fixture, playing 56 of his 65 senior matches from 1912 to 1914.[9] He was first ruck in South Melbourne's 1912 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon and its 1914 VFL Grand Final loss to Carlton.
- "By a popular vote taken by the proprietors of the football journal "The Follower", Les Charge, of South Melbourne, has been acclaimed the best all-round footballer in the League competition. Charge secured over 20,000 votes, and will be presented with a gold medal valued at £2 2/." — The (Emerald Hill) Record, 27 March 1915.[10]
North Shore (NSWAFA)
editAlong with Des Baird (ex-South Melbourne, ex-St Kilda), Tom Fitzmaurice (ex-Essendon), Billy Friend (ex-Wesley College),[11] Bryan Rush (ex-Collingwood), Gerald Ryan (ex-South Melbourne), and Paddy Shea (ex-Essendon), he played for the North Shore Australian Football Club the NSW Australian Football Association.[12] He played for three seasons (1921 to 1923), and was a member of North Shore's 1921 premiership side.[13][14] On 9 July 1921, at the Erskineville Oval, he also played for a combined Sydney team against a combined Newcastle Football League team.[13]
Death
editHe died in New South Wales on 30 March 1957.[15]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Deaths: Charge, The Age, (Monday, 11 March 1912), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Charge, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 8 August 1920), p. 8.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.27139/1891.
- ^ Marriages: Charge—Bethune, The Leader, (Saturday, 17 November 1917), p.55.
- ^ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ AustralianFootball.com.
- ^ Les. Charge pays a Visit" Famous Ruckman meets an Old Friend, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 July 1947), p. 4.
- ^ AFL Tables.
- ^ (News Item), The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 27 March 1915), p. 2: the amount awarded as a prize, £2/2/-, would have been spoken of as two guineas.
- ^ Clarence Randolph Friend, New South Wales Australian Football History Society.
- ^ Fitzmaurice, T., "A Frame Up, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 1 June 1935), p.7.
- ^ a b New South Wales Australian Football History Society.
- ^ "North Sydney: D. Baird (capt.), L. Charge, T. Fitzmaurice, J. Dunlop. J. McGrath, C. Friend, J. Somerlad, W. Castles, D. Cohen, B. Quinn, B. King, B. Castles, B. Rush, G. Bingham. M. Learoyd, G. Ryan, J.M. Laughlin, A. Erskine." (The Sydney Sportsman, 14 September 1921.)
- ^ Deaths: Charge, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 1 April 1957), p.16.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
External links
edit- Les Charge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Les Charge at AustralianFootball.com
- Leslie Barkley (sic) Charge, at the New South Wales Australian Football History Society.